Windshield-cleaner



H. C. TRIPP.

WINDSHIELD CLEANER.

APPLIQATION FILED MAR. 55, 1919.

1,394,052. Pate med Oct. 18, 1921.

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To all whom it may conccm Be it known that l, Dr. HENRY C. TRIPP, a citizen of the United States of America and resident of Auburn, in the county of Cayuga, in the State of lew York, have invented new and useful improvements in 'li indshielcl-Clenners, of whieh'the followtaken in connection with the accompenying drawings, a 'fnll 'eleer, enci exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in cleaners for Wincl shields end analogous transparent plates commonly need on entomobiles s e other vehicles and involves the use of suitable movable ec 'oss front fees of the shiel i from side to sicle or such thereof as t ey be necessary to clean item rain, snow or dust maintain acleer vision therethrough.

The main object is to enable the Wiper to be more conveniently and expeilitionsly moved back and. forth across and against the SUZffiCQ of the glass than heretofore been practised. Y I

of the speciicobjects is to provide wiper with a relatively smell compact spring motof connected in such manner that v is; re 1 is 2. rear elevation of a wind shield and my improves cleaning ClBVIC ateclied thereto.

big. :2 is an enlarged horizontal sectional View tlii oligli the Wine. shield partly broken taken on line 1 showing the cleaning device partly in top plan and partly in so 1.

Fig. 3, is an enlarged vertical sectional View telen on line 3--3 Fig. i?

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is e detail sectional view taken on Specification. of Letters Fatent.

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As illustrated. this cleaning (levioe coinprises guide Wire ---1' extending across the front face of the wind shield --A- from side to siele and ebproximately midway between lower unpei edges thereof ancl has its opposite enisbttoche to suitable clamps -Q- end which removably secured by set screws -ito 111% oppoamps --2--- end --3 are hegeel to snugly around and noon the p i t eno. mils oithe shield so that when the guise Wire is tightened they will be frictionelly held in their ecljusted. positions aided b the set screws "Cine 0t the clamps as .--3-- at'the left bend side of the shield is proviedrwith en adjusting screw -5- to which the edjecent end of the guide wire -1- is secured, said screw being provided with a thumb nut -6 for adjusting the screw in one direction or the other and thereby tighten or release the guide Wire as may be required, the opposite end of the wire beingsimilarly attached to thecorresponcling clamp i, if desired.

The support f0? the motor and Wiper shown comprises a relatively smell circular case ''i--- movable along and upon the guide Wire --land pr VidQ/d. with opposite radially pi'ojecting. arms 8- extending vertically some distance beyond the lower and upper edges of the case -7 for receiving and supporting a pair of similar and interchangeable wiper blades --9-.

When the Wind shield is made into two upper and lower sections the -T'- are made to extend to zipproxiina el the longitudinal centers thereof While the wiper blades are of substantially the some length. as the vertical Width of the shield sections and. are pivoted intermediate their ends to the tree ends of their respective arms by means of cotter pins or equivalent easily removable pivots to permit the blades to he removed replaced at will. The use is ennngeql gemse we?- C-Ti LIE

ticelly and is preferably composed oi cupsliaped sections 'l.O- and -1ltelescopb cally assembled one Within the other and may be termed respectively the rear or base section and the front or cup section, the rear sectionbeirig provided with 2. central forwardly projecting threaded stud extending, through s centml'eperture in the front section -ll for receiving a thumb nut -12- by which the two sections may be firmly clamped together to form an intervening chamber for receiving; a suitable spring motor and s reel presently described Inorde'r that the Wiper l'nsy be properly supported in an upright position upon the guide wire 1* the rear well of the case section -l0- is provided with a series of, in, this instance three, bearings --13- in spaced relation horizontally and substan ly diametrically of the case, two of the 'ugs'bein'g located near the opposite side 01. the case to rest upon the upper edge oi the wire While the other bearing is approximetely at the center of the case end engages the lower edge of the Wire.

These bearings are preferably hool: shaped itei" ingeging the rear face oi the guide wire and holding wire against said Well of the case thereby retaining the wiper upon the Wire in sliding engagement therewith and at the same time permitting to be removed from the Wire by simply Withdrawing the letter through the open sides of the bearings.

The arms --8-- carrying the Wiper blades 9"- are secured to the rear Wall or section --l l oi the case While thebledes 9- shield to exert more or less pressure of the WlPQ-BF against the shield in all positions oi" adgustineut, it being understood that the Wiping edges of the blades 9 when in contact with the glass of the shield holds the remaining portions of the Wiper including the case -7- clear from the to scold injury thereto by scratching or otherwise v The means for moving the wiper at will in one direction preferablyto the right, consist of a cord or cable -15? having one end attached to a suitable anchorage -16- on the corresponding side of the rear section iG- of the case -7' and its other end passed around a pair of sheaves l'? on the right hand clamp -3 so as to avoid ir iction'witb. the adjacent side of the frame '5 1 3 WI .R .L 51, 2., i. vi MEQ .icid said also to peimis the nee end '-15-'- during which operation the reel W l snow or dust the operator simply draws which upon the release of the tension guide Wire l.

$1011 s believed to be sufiiciently described to enable any one skilled in the art to make es essence oi the cable to be brought around to the r side oi the shield Within easy reaching tence of the operator.

,The means for automatically reiurn the wiper along the guide in an opgio direction consist of a cable-;-l8- he, one end attached to the left hand cls. -53 and its other'end atzeched to a no: actuated reel -19- Within the case This reel preferably consists of pair circular disks journaled upon the cen' stud as 12'- in a-Xiolly'speced relation and a circular band secured to and betw n the disks some distance from the axis th' of to form a, circular chamber for receivir spring motor -20-, said bend being disposed some distence'within the perinhcry of the disks to form on annular groove for the reception of the cord or cable The motor is preferably of the flat coil spring type having one end secured to stud 12 and its other end secured in the reel in such a manner as to cause a giced uslly increasing tension of the spring as the Wiper is drawn to the right by the cab be rotated against the action by the cable -18--. A. suitable buller -2-1-- is provided the left hand end of the guide Wire to reduce the sudden impact of the Wiper at the end of its return stroke by the spr moi-or in case the Wiper should be relessec. to return under full force of the spri Wl1en the cleaning device is upon the shield in the manner described it is desired to clean the glass from m of the spri P the Cable 1 thereby movie ice Win-er ecrossthe shield to any desired tent against the action 0% the spring -41 the cable -15- will instantly return t Wiper.

Thearms 8- and the cross piece which the anchor 16-- is e part cured preferably by spot Welding to back ofthe case section -10-, vand there fore, those parts form substantially e uni- 'tery port of the case. The pivots-as -53 by which the Wiper blades are secured t the arms 8 permits said blades lIO-I'Eflfl-g ily adjust themselves to the surface of the glass against which they are pressed;

The section 11* of the case -'-i'- is provided with a tangential o ening -23-- in one side to permit the ca le 18 to pass readily therethrcugh as the wiper is moved back and forth along, and upon the Otherwise, the invon and use the same, but I do not Wish to v myself to the specific structure shown a described since it is obvious that various changes may he made in the detail construction without departing from the spirit of this invention.

What 1 claim is:

A wind-shiehlcleaner comprising a guide to extend across the wind-shield, a relatively small circular-casing or housing movable along said guide, arms secured to and extending radially from said housing in opposite directions. wipers mounted. on said arms. a reel rotatably mounted within the housing. a coil-spring also mounted within the housing for rotating the reel in one dircction. a cable wound upon the reel and 15 having one end attached thereto and its otherend provided with means for attachment to one side of the wind'shiold-frame, and means for moving the housing across the wind-shield against the action of the retracting-spring.

In witness whereof I have hereunto .set my hand this 1st day of March, 1919.

HEXRY C. TRIPP.

'itnesses H. E. Cnasn, ANNA'G. JORDAN. 

